A reunion...one month in the making... A surfer that almost drowned in Waikiki is finally on his feet again. KITV4's Brenton Awa has the story of how a good samaritan saved his life, and finally got to meet him. Kai Lapshies doesn't remember much about the day he almost died. He had just graduated from Punahou, and was surfing at Tongs in Waikiki with a friend. When one wave rolled in... 24:59 "I CAUGHT IT, HE DIDN'T." Not normally a big deal. But it was this time. Kai hadn't taken his medication, and was all alone when he had a seizure. Where Kai's memory blacks out... Kelly Patrick's begins. She was out on the water surfing, too. Kelly glanced in just the right direction at just the right time. 3634 "ALL I SEE IS HIS HAIR UNDERWATER." Kai was face down. Kelly paddled over -- screaming for help. 3700 "WHEN I GOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM I JUMPED OFF MY BOARD, GRABBED HIM FROM UNDER HIS ARMS, PULLED HIM OUT OF THE WATER, KEPT HIS HEAD UP AND AS SOON AS HIS HEAD CAME OUT OF THE WATER, HIS FACE WAS WHITE AND FOAM WAS COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH." Kelly might've saved Kai's life by doing C-P-R. Bringning color back to his face before lifeguards arrived. When they took him away -- that's the last she saw of the man she'd just rescued. The 19-year-old spent 3 weeks in the hospital. 11 of those days in a coma. His family and friends waited for him to pull through. 2652 "THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS EVEN GOING TO WAKE UP, I COULDVE WAKE UP NEVER OR LIKE AS A VEGETABLE." All Kelly could do was wait and wonder... Whatever happened to that stranger she suddenly felt connected to? Today she found out.. NATS COUGH -- 1st time meeting Kai's still battling pneumonia, but jumped at the chance to meet Kelly. 1908 "IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOUR EYES LOOKING AT ME, THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SEE YOU KNOW." 30- minutes of thank-you's and phone number swapping passed in an instant. Both Kelly and Kai came away with new outlooks... 647 "ITS CHANGED MY TOTAL MINDSET." Kelly vows to teach CPR to anyone she comes across... Kai gets to savor life once again. 3221 "COMING BACK FROM BEING DEAD, THIS IS LIKE MY SECOND CHANCE." Brenton Awa KITV4 News Kai was released from the

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